Johns-Pratt Co. v. Sachs Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Connecticut. Bill by the Johns-Pratt Company against the Sachs Company and others'to restrain the alleged infringement of letters patent, No. 660,-341, issued October 23, 1900, to Joseph Sachs for improvement in electric safety fuse. From a decree dismissing the bill (168 Fed. 311), complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
LACOMBE, Circuit Judge.
The defendants Hart and Parker are stockholders and directors in the defendant company, but our attention has been called to no act of theirs which would warrant a finding that either of them has individually infringed the patent. The dismissal of the bill as to them need not be further considered. The defendant Joseph Sachs is the patentee. He assigned the patent to complainant and subsequently organized the Sachs Company, of which he is a large stockholder and the moving spirit. We understand it is not disputed that Sachs and the company are therefore estopped from…
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